Pressing w on the dell inspiron 1501 turns on num lock. Pressing the actual num lock key types w. What is causing this?

If when you press k it types a 2, then you have num lock on. Hit Num lock once to turn if off.
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Hi,

Please follow these steps.

Click Start, click Run, and type regedit to open the Windows registry editor.

In the registry, open the below folders.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Control Panel\
Keyboard\

Within the keyboard folder, you should have a string value named "InitialKeyboardIndicators" with a value of 0, 1, or 2. Below is the explanation of each of these values.

0 = Num Lock is turned OFF after the logon.
1 = Disable Num Lock.
2 = Numlock is turned ON after the logon.

Please let me know whether this works or no.

look for the num lock key at the top of the keyboard, turn off the num lock. That should solve your problem

if the number lock on the keyboard is activated, then press Fn + Numlock to turn it off

Hi,

You have accidentally turned the Num Lock on.

Now depending on the model there are a couple of ways to turn it back off.

1, just hit the Num Lock key and see if its off (type something)
2, Hold down Fn and hit the Num Lock key, again type something.




Regards.

Press the Fn key and the Num Lk key... the reason that your j is a 1 is that the J key is the equivalent of the 1 when the Number lock key is activated. There is a little light up near the power button that shows a lock with a 9 in it... hit the Fn key and the Num Lk key till that light goes out.

To enable numeric keypad, just press "NumLk" key.
Here is Dell Inspiron 1501 Owners Manual - if you have more questions regarding your laptop.

Num lock is turned on on your keyboard.
I presume when you press I it comes up with 5?
Just press num lock key and your problem will be solved.

Look if your Num Lock is on, then turn it off. Try also another keyboard, to see if the problem presists.
I think it's a very little thing, but i can't help you more unless i see it.

Good Luck :)

Sounds like your number lock is on. Find the key with blue lettering that says 'Num Lk' (or something very similar). Press Fn and that key, and your number lock will be turned off and your keys will go back to normal.

Hope this helps.